Bip 5

>a lot of smartwatches had to be recharged every few hours, not just every day My Amazfit Bip had about 3 weeks of battery life, Amazfit GTS3 had 2 weeks, and the current Amazfit Bip 5 have 7 to 10 days.

Amazfit bip 6, the 5 is not worth getting.

Always halve manufacturer's battery life estimations. You'll get a cool 6 days or so battery life, but it depends on your usage. Notifications work perfectly, especially on android where you can reply to messages and view WhatsApp images and whatnot

The Active 2 has a barometer and tracks elevation gains. I find that useful since most of my walks are on mountain trails that involve significant gain. It wouldn't be very useful in Kansas. Also I'm not fond of the rectangular form factor. I have a Bip 5 and wanted a round device.

I have the Bip 5 and can control Alexa smart home devices. I bought the Bip 6 for my father as an upgrade to his Band 7, which also controls Alexa smart home devices. I was surprised to find out that the Bip 6 does not support this. Why would they drop that support?

My Fitbit totally bit it a few months back. I opted to go cheap and see what happens. I spent $42$ on an Amazon Amazabit and it’s great. Holds charge for days/weeks, waterproof for swimming, tons of features and the app it uses- ZEPP is pretty easy to use. Really thought this would be a temporary solution, but honestly I’m thrilled and have no plans to replace it anymore.

I don't know about those, but i have the amaz bip 5 (from amazon). You can set it to check your heart rate every 1 to 10 minutes. It shortens the battery life, but without that, the battery life on it is about 10 days anyway. It costs about $70, no membership, and it pairs to your phone.

I came to recommend an Amazfit 5 (I don't know what a Bip is). That is the watch I am currently wearing right now and have had for years. It is priced at half your budget and given that your previous watch was an Amazfit 5, you're already familiar with its interface. Are you sour on them because of a warranty process (by the way, *what* warranty? As a fellow owner, I would love to know. I thought this watch was so cheap it was unsupported after purchase.), or would you give them another chance? It's a solid watch, ocean-worthiness notwithstanding.